The Daily Mets Minor League Update - July 24th

Morning. 

 

Mets News -

 

SNY (@SNYtv) 

Buck Showalter gives an update on Starling Marte: 

"Starling is doing well back in New York, he's had 3 good days there... he's had a lot of challenges this year physically that he hasn't talked about. Starling is a guy that wants to play and wants to be there" 

 

Kevin Kernan (@AMBS_Kernan) 

Mets 6 back in loss column and have to jump over 4 teams. 

 

Mike Mayer (@mikemayer22) 

Trevor Gott has allowed 6 earned runs in just 1 2/3 innings spanning his last 4 games.

 

John Harper (@NYNJHarper) 

Mets really had to eat $4 million on Chris Flexen's contract just so they could acquire this Trevor Gott? So far he's making Mychal Givens look like a steal at last year's trade deadline.

  

Mets Histoy -

 

MetsRewind (@metsrewind) 

July 23, 1999: The Mets acquired Kenny Rogers from the Athletics for outfielder Terrence Long. He was 5-1 in 12 starts over the last two months, but he is notorious for walking home the winning run in Game 6 of the NLCS vs. Braves 

 

Trade Stuff -

 

MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) 

The Dodgers are reportedly interested in trading for a veteran right-handed bat like Boston's Kiké Hernández or the Mets' Mark Canha and Tommy Pham.

 

Baseball In General:

 

This Day In Baseball - 

Birthday call out goes to Harold Henry Reese, better known as Pee Wee Reese born July 23, 1918 in Ekron, KY 

Against all odds, Pee Wee Reese earned an opportunity to play professional baseball, start for the Dodgers, play in several World Series, and be enshrined in the Hall of Fame in 1984. He did the little things that helped his teams win:

Bunt the runner over. 

Go from first to third on a base hit. 

Range into the hole for a grounder. 

He was the best shortstop in the National League in the late 1940s and into the 1950s. 

 Pee Wee Reese got his nickname as a young champion marble shooter; a “pee wee” is a type of marble. A Kentucky native, he earned the monicker The Little Colonel as the star shortstop on the Louisville Colonels (American Association). After he arrived in Brooklyn, he was named captain of the Dodgers, and many called him The Captain. The title was well earned, as he led Dodger teams that won seven pennants in the 1940s and 1950s. When Jackie Robinson arrived in Brooklyn amid enormous pressures and player resentment, Reese set the example of acceptance, putting his arm around Robinson’s shoulder on the field, showing the world he was Robinson’s teammate and friend.

  

BaseballHistoryNut (@nut_history) 

Bob Gibson could do it all: 

He pitched in 9 World Series games and recorded 81 innings with a 1.89 ERA. 

He also posted a 16 AB/HR in the WS; similar to David Ortiz and Nelson Cruz' career lines 

 

Tranactions:

 

 IF Branden Fryman - Transferred from AA Binghamton to AAA Syracuse

 

IF Cesar Berbesi - Transferred from A+ Brooklyn to AA Binghamton

 

Syr:

 

Ernest Dove (@ernestdove) 

Speaking of the bullpen Sean Reid-Foley now has 4 straight hitless relief appearances for AAA Syracuse Mets. I hope he makes it back to majors. Big SRF guy I am.

 

Notables -

 

        LF Ronny Mauricio -

 

                2-4, 2-R, .297, .856-OPS

 

CF Rafael Ortega -

 

        0-4, R, .836-OPS

RHSP Mike Vasil -

 

        DNP

  

BMets -

Postgame Notes:

 

 Ruiz went 3-for-4 and recorded his second three-hit game of the year…

 

Woods recorded his third save of the series and fourth in his last four tries…

 

The game took one hour and 59 minutes, the shortest of a nine-inning game this year for Binghamton.

 

Notables -

 

        1B Joe Suozzi - 

                    0-4, .265, .733-OPS

 

3B Jose Peroza- 

0-3, .266, .821-OPS

 

        RHSP Christian Scott - 

4-IP, 0-R, 6-K, 2.90

                            (14-STARTS, 4-4, 2.86, 0.88, 66-IP, 76-K) 

 

Cyclones:

 

Justin Rocke (@JustinRocke) 

Prior to today's game, the Cyclones transferred INF César Berbesi to Double-A RumblePonies. 

In 50 games for Brooklyn, the 23-year-old slashed .221/.349/.305 with a .654 OPS. He added 9 extra-base hits, a home run, 16 RBI, & 12 steals.

 

Notables -

 

C Kevin Parada - 

        DNP

 

RHRP Brendan Hardy - 

DNP

 

        RHRP Paul Gervase - 

                1--IP, 0-R, 3-K, 1.16

                        (25-APPS, 1-2, 1.16, 1,27, 38.2-IP, 61-K)

 

St. Lucie:

 

Notables -

 

        1B Jacob Reimer - 

                    2-2, 2-R, 6^TH HR, .278, .801-OPS

 

        SS/CF Jett Williams -

                       2-5, 2-R, 11^TH 2B, .823-OPS

 

        CF/3B Wilfredo Lara - 

                    0-5, .735-OPS